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News: Music Industry

Johnny Cash: The Hospice Sessions

February 18, 2010

On 'Ain't No Grave,' it's a vulnerable Johnny Cash, accepting his physical state and making the best of it. Anyone who has lived with the decline of a loved one will feel the raw emotion. Let me tell you a story about my dad and Johnny Cash. Many American music lovers of a certain age could ...

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News: Obituary

Kathryn Grayson MGM Singing Star Dies

February 18, 2010

Kathryn Grayson, who became a top MGM box office attraction in the 1940's and early '50s as the star of musicals such as Show Boat and Kiss Me Kate, has died. She was 88. Grayson died Wednesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, Sally Sherman, Grayson's longtime companion and secretary, told Associated Press. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Brazilian Carnaval at Club Nokia

February 18, 2010

Shake a tail feather as dance clubs and samba bands re-create Rio's festivities. The music is pumping at Dance Studio No. 1 in West Los Angeles as instructor Diane Yakimovicz urges her students faster and faster, their footwork a dazzling blur. With hardly a breather, she forms them into a conga line, hands on each other's ...

News: Music Industry

FTC Orders Refunds Sweeping Changes in Ticket Resale Market

February 18, 2010

Calling for an end to deceptive “bait and switch" tactics, the Federal Trade Commission Thursday announced a settlement with Live Nation Entertainment Inc.'s Ticketmaster unit that requires the company to provide full refunds to consumers who bought tickets to 14 Bruce Springsteen concerts at dramatically inflated prices. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said thousands of fans were ...

News: Music Industry

Music on Oscar's Mind

February 18, 2010

Some insights into the way Academy members vote. Is there a formula for winning a music Oscar? Are there certain guideposts or telling patterns that can correctly predict a win for song or score? This awards season, Variety set out to find the answer, examining half a century of Oscar history and talking to Academy veterans ...

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News: Music Industry

Universal in Tune with Mike Knobloch

February 18, 2010

Film-music veteran Mike Knobloch has been named president, Film Music and Publishing, for Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley and vice chairman and COO Rick Finkelstein announced Wednesday. Knobloch, until recently exec VP of Film Music at 20th Century-Fox and Fox Music Inc., will be responsible for all creative and production aspects of Universal films' ...

News: Technology

Musicians Slowly Migrate to Mobile

February 18, 2010

In an effort not to get left behind in the next digital shift from desktop to mobile (like they almost were in the shift from CD to MP3), musicians are starting to proactively look at ways to get onto cell phones. MySpaces iLike built tools for artists to easily design their own iPhone apps. The concept ...

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News: Festival

Jazz Aspen Snowmass Kicks Off 20th Anniversary Season

February 18, 2010

Harry Connick, Jr., Natalie Cole & More to Headline JAS 20th Anniversary June Festival, June 24 - July 3 Jazz Aspen Snowmass will kick off their 20th Anniversary season this June with some of the biggest names in jazz, pop and world music. Tickets for the event are on-sale this Friday, February 12.Making ...

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News: Music Industry

Out Today--6 Titles by Late Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin on Sly Dog Records

February 18, 2010

Four Titles Digitally Re-Mastered From Original Tapes Today, the Mack Avenue label imprint Sly Dog Records releases six titles by singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin (who died in Los Angeles from lung cancer on June 7, 2009 at 69); Mind-Dusters, Family, Like A Seed, Silver Morning, Inside, and The Kenny Rankin Album, at all popular retailers. The following ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bela Fleck Performs in Ottawa After Grammy Success!

February 18, 2010

“...traditional African music turns out to suit him [Béla Fleck] beautifully" - The New York Times Recently Béla Fleck's latest CD, Throw Down Your Heart, won two GRAMMY awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Contemporary World Music Album. On Monday, March 1, the Ottawa Jazz Festival presents, a unique one-of-a-kind concert. Fleck will be ...